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U.S. Army Spc. Justin Slagle returns to Forward Operating Base Lane in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after an air assault mission in Tacome valley in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2009. Slagle is assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.

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U.S. Army Spc. Justin Slagle returns to Forward Operating Base Lane in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after an air assault mission in Tacome valley in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2009. Slagle is assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.

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